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Jo_Swinnen
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Show specific months on the x axis of a visualisation

Hi all,

 

I want to create a visualisation where if you select a month, only this month and the same monthe last year and two years ago are displayed like this: 

Jo_Swinnen_0-1694540880048.jpeg

Any ideas?

 

Kind regards,

 

Jo 

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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Jo_Swinnen 

As a best practice, add a date dimension in your model and use it for time intelligence calculations. Once the date dimension is added, mark it as a date table on table tools. Check the related videos on my YT channel

 

Add Date Dimension
Importance of Date Dimension
Time Intelligence Playlist

 

Add another date dimension in your model, let's call it 'Date for Slicer' and this table will not have a relationship with any other table, except Month-Year will be used from this table in the slicer:

 

Add the following measure and use it in the visualization, using the Year-Month column from the main date dimension table:

 

New Measure
VAR __Dates = 
UNION ( 
VALUES ( 'Date for Slicers'[Date] ),
DATEADD ( 'Date for Slicers'[Date], -1, YEAR ),
DATEADD ( 'Date for Slicers'[Date], -2, YEAR )
)
RETURN
CALCULATE ( 
   [Your Measure],
   KEEPFILTERS ( 
      TREATAS ( __Dates, 'Date Table'[Date] )
   )
)

 



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parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Jo_Swinnen 

As a best practice, add a date dimension in your model and use it for time intelligence calculations. Once the date dimension is added, mark it as a date table on table tools. Check the related videos on my YT channel

 

Add Date Dimension
Importance of Date Dimension
Time Intelligence Playlist

 

Add another date dimension in your model, let's call it 'Date for Slicer' and this table will not have a relationship with any other table, except Month-Year will be used from this table in the slicer:

 

Add the following measure and use it in the visualization, using the Year-Month column from the main date dimension table:

 

New Measure
VAR __Dates = 
UNION ( 
VALUES ( 'Date for Slicers'[Date] ),
DATEADD ( 'Date for Slicers'[Date], -1, YEAR ),
DATEADD ( 'Date for Slicers'[Date], -2, YEAR )
)
RETURN
CALCULATE ( 
   [Your Measure],
   KEEPFILTERS ( 
      TREATAS ( __Dates, 'Date Table'[Date] )
   )
)

 



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
Feel free to email me with any of your BI needs.

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